How Do I send Use Airplay, Cast, or X with your Roku TVs?
Aka How to Show a Video stream on our Roku-based Smart TVs from your devices?
We have nice Roku-Based Smart TVs. One of the cool features of these, besides being able to login to almost any of your own services during your stay, is that, in a pinch, you can almost always show something from your device on the TVs.
This ability to AirPlay or Screen Mirror a video is super helpful sometimes. For example, my family was in a home like the ones you are in, and it had a Roku TV instead of old-school cable/satellite. We used a lot of our own services but… we could not install a sports app and wanted to watch a soccer game. In comes AirPlay. With AirPlay, we got the video up and running on my iPhone, then pushed it to the TV, where we could watch it and even control the video with the Roku remote! Pretty cool.
How? That depends on the type of device you are using. Note it has to be new enough to be compatible. Let’s look at the big 3: AirPlay, Android, and Windows.
RokuTV and AirPlay and Apple Devices
Is my Apple device compatible?
The Apple devices below support streaming audio and video with AirPlay 2.
- iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 12.3 or later
- Mac with macOS Mojave 10.14.5 or later
If you need more information, visit the Apple support website.
How do I use AirPlay to view videos, music, and photos on my TV?
Before you can use AirPlay with your Roku device, check that your Apple device and Roku device are on the same wireless network. Once they are, you can use the steps below to view content on your TV using AirPlay.
- On your Apple device, find the video, song, photo, or podcast you wish to share.
- Tap or click the AirPlay video icon
in video apps, or the AirPlay audio icon
in music and other audio apps.
- Note: With some apps, you may need to tap or click the Share icon
before you will see the AirPlay icon.
- Note: With some apps, you may need to tap or click the Share icon
- Select your Roku device from the AirPlay menu.
Once playback begins, you can pause, fast forward, and rewind from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, or you can use your Roku remote. When you want to stop streaming with AirPlay, you can press Home on your Roku remote.
Troubleshooting AirPlay and Roku? Check out Roku’s AirPlay page (ignore everything about HomeKit, and Fast Start TV, those are not relevant to AirPlay).
Roku TV and Android or Windows Devices
Roku has a page all about screen mirroring from Android and Windows devices. We won’t replicate it here as its really well done! And for going deep into the weeds: if you have a Pixel Phone (which is called out in the link as potentially an issue), here’s a deep dive into Google Pixel phones and ways to cast video to the RokuTVs.

Apple, Android, Windows Screen Mirroring to RokuTV Smart TVs